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[[File:ColesInterrogationAtGreatBear.png|thumb|300px|Fleet Admiral Cole interrogating Subject 386.]]
The '''[[Office of Naval Intelligence|ONI]] Directorate Memorandum Interrogation Findings''' were a set of excerpts compiled by the [[AI]] [[Solipsil]]. They detailed the interrogation of [[Subject 386]] by [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]] in [[2530]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''' (2010), ''Bonus Content''</ref>


==Contents==
The '''ONI Directorate Memorandum Interrogation Findings''' are a series of reports documenting the investigation and interrogation sessions of individuals of interest to the [[UNSC]], such as [[prisoner of war|prisoners of war]] or intelligence assets. An [[artificial intelligence]] construct oversees an interrogator's questioning session and later generates a report from the recordings they have captured.


==Subject 386==
In December of [[2530]], the AI [[Solipsil]] compiled a set of excerpts for a report. They detailed the interrogation of [[Subject 386]] by [[Fleet Admiral]] [[Preston Cole]] after the [[Battle of the Great Bear]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''' (2010), ''Bonus Content''</ref>
===Contents===
[[File:HGenesis-ColesInterrogationAtGreatBear.png|thumb|300px|Fleet Admiral Cole interrogating Subject 386.]]
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This report was generated by AI Solipsil immediately following the interrogation of SUBJECT 386 - also known as "The Groombridge Subject."
This report was generated by AI Solipsil immediately following the interrogation of SUBJECT 386 - also known as "The Groombridge Subject."


SUBJECT 386 was a biological life-form captured in Waterford, Lemuria of Groombridge-1830 on December 24, 2530, at approximately 1805 hours. This interrogation was conducted on December 25, 2530, 0240 hours. The subject was confirmed deceased at 0417 hours. The following is a series of transcription excerpts from the interrogation of SUBJECT 286, as recorded by AI Solipsil.
SUBJECT 386 was a biological life-form captured in Waterford, Lemuria of Groombridge-1830 on December 24, 2530, at approximately 1805 hours. This interrogation was conducted on December 25, 2530, 0240 hours. The subject was confirmed deceased at 0417 hours. The following is a series of transcription excerpts from the interrogation of SUBJECT 386, as recorded by AI Solipsil.


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[SOLIPSIL] Let the record show that as of December 25, 2530, 0417 hours, SUBJECT 386's vitals flatlined and, lacking the necessary understanding of its anatomy, the subject was not resuscitated. Transcription terminated.
[SOLIPSIL] Let the record show that as of December 25, 2530, 0417 hours, SUBJECT 386's vitals flatlined and, lacking the necessary understanding of its anatomy, the subject was not resuscitated. Transcription terminated.
=="Vergil"==
On November 15, [[2552]], nearly a month after the [[Battle of Mombasa]], the AI [[Barca]] generated a report detailing the interrogation between Sergeant Major [[Avery Johnson]] and [[Quick to Adjust]], the recovered [[huragok]] containing the [[Vergil]] subroutine of [[New Mombasa]]'s [[Superintendent]] AI.<ref>'''[[Halo Legendary Crate]]''', ''[[Halo Legendary Crate/Data Drops|Data Drop #2]]''</ref>
===Contents===
[[File:Johnson & Vergil.png|thumb|300px|Quick lights Sergeant Johnson's cigar before being interrogated.]]
[[Quito Terminus|QUITO TERMINUS]]<br />
CRIMSON WING<br />
15 NOVEMBER 2552<br />
1725 STANDARD
;CLASSIFICATION<nowiki>:</nowiki> PRIORITY ONE ALPHA
;OFFICE OF NAVAL INTELLIGENCE
;CONFIDENTIAL<nowiki>:</nowiki> DIRECTORATE MEMORANDUM
//INTERROGATION FINDINGS<br />
//URGENT//[[Terrence Hood|ADM T. HOOD]]
VERGIL
This report was generated by UNSC AI Barca immediately following the interrogation of ASSET RD-9746-X, also known as QUICK TO ADJUST [Cat7 'Huragok' life-form procured from Op-5684-76643-545-0048].
Due to the symbiotic assimilation of the urban infrastructure subroutine called 'VERGIL,' it was referred to as such for the duration of the interrogation. This interrogation was conducted on November 15, 2552, 1649 hours at an [[ONI]]-appropriated wing within the terminus of the QUITO SPACE ELEVATOR.
The following is an exerpt from this interrogation organized for immediate and urgent review by 07960-48392-TH.
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[EXCERPT BEGINS]
[DARE] ...registry wasn't logged according to my people at the [[Tycho Observation Facility|Tycho observation facility]]. They're saying it wasn't a UNSC ship. In fact, they're saying it wasn't a human ship at all.
[JOHNSON] Maybe they're right, Captain. Maybe they're wrong. But you know that I ain't here to talk about how I got back to [[Sol system|Sol]].
[DARE] They're saying you and [[Miranda Keyes|Commander Keyes]] came back from something they discovered in deep space. Something they're calling '[[Halo Array|Halo]].' If this information is pertinent to my-
[JOHNSON] I'll stop you right there, Captain. You know I got clearance from up top to find out what their looking for down there. Not sure if you noticed, but we ain't got time for bickering back and forth. This critter you picked up has intel and Command wants it, so let's cut the crap and get to work.
[DARE] Lord Hood may have given you clearance, but it was my op and it's my interrogation. We only captured one - it's very delicate.
[JOHNSON] Don't worry. I know what the aliens like.
;<Enters secured wing. Members of [[Alpha-Nine]] present with the Asset.>
[JOHNSON] It has access to the [[proselytization network|Covenant battlenet]]?
[DARE] Limited, but yes. We're not entirely sure how it manages a remote connection to the-
;<48789-20114-AJ tosses an antique propane lighter at the Asset. The Asset catches the lighter.>
[DARE] Sergeant Major, please. It's extremely flammable.
;<48789-20114-AJ directs his attention toward the Asset.>
[JOHNSON] The Brutes. The bastards who put bombs on your buddies and killed millions of my people. They're digging a mighty big hole. You're gonna tell me exactly what they're looking for and then you're gonna help me stop them.
;<Subject lights 48789-20114-AJ's cigar.>
[DARE] Barca, are you online? Are you capturing this?
[BARCA] Yes, ma'am. I've been recording since the service corridor. Current date and time is November 15, 2552, 1649 hours. This is UNSC AI Barca, service number BCR 7584-2. Sergeant-Major, please state your name and service number for the record.
[JOHNSON] Johnson, Avery. 48789-20114-AJ.
[BARCA] Captain, could you do the same?
[DARE] Dare, Veronica. 73998-38490-VD. Naval Intelligence.
[Barca] Let the record show that the Asset, referred to as 'VERGIL,' was confirmed acquired on 20 October 2552 from New Mombasa, at 2359 hours by 7998-37490-VD and 92458-37017-EB. Subject has been in ONI quarantine since, with limited interfacing from outside personnel.
;<Translation apparatus activated. Observes the Asset's sign language and replicates synthetic vocalization. The Asset is uncooperative at first, but eventually complies.>
[BARCA] Sergeant Major, you may begin.
[JOHNSON] They call you Vergil because you downloaded some kind of city AI from one of our computers. He still in there somewhere?
[VERGIL] Yes, we are.
[JOHNSON] And those covies ships down there, still digging for something. They don't suspect that you've got some human AI in you? Their sensors don't pick that up?
[VERGIL] Huragok made sensors. They see what we want them to see.
[JOHNSON] Fair enough. My people tell me you don't know what the Brutes are looking for. I don't buy it.
[VERGIL] We know only what we were allowed to know.
[JOHNSON] We had eyes on the ground in the city before it got glassed. They saw what your buddies were writing on the walls. You were coordinating their search parties. Looking for something [[Forerunner]], right?
[VERGIL] We cannot say for sure.
[JOHNSON] I think you can. And you're gonna. Does the word '[[Ark]]' mean anything to you?
;<The Asset is visibly distressed by this statement.>
[VERGIL] How do you know about the installation?
[JOHNSON] I just came from Delta Halo. The Covenant are in the middle of a [[Great Schism|civil war]]. They're breaking apart. Won't last much longer.
[VERGIL] And your kind has sided with the rebels. The Elites.
[JOHNSON] Now you have a lot to say all of a sudden.
[DARE] What. Wait, what is he talking about, Sergeant Major?
[VERGIL] How do you know that it is not a trap?
[DARE] A trap? Sergeant Major, clarify... What is he talking about?
[JOHNSON] Vergil, if the Brutes access this thing first, this [[Portal at Voi|machine]] buried underground, you know we're all in a heap of trouble. Tell me what they are looking for and we'll stop them.
[VERGIL] But you will tell the Elites first. Then the Elites will find me and take me back. Just like the Brutes.
[DARE] No one is taking you anywhere, Vergil. Just answer the question.
[JOHNSON] The Brutes won't stop when they're done. Once they get that thing uncovered, they'll kill the rest of the humans on this world.
[VERGIL] No. I cannot tell them. The more who know about its existence, the more the risk compounds. I must be silent.
[DARE] Tell them what, Vergil? Who are you talking to?
[VERGIL] I am talking to Vergil. I am Quick to Adjust.
[DARE] 'Quick to Adjust'?
[JOHNSON] That's its alien name. It must be talking to the subroutine. Vergil is right. You know that. This machine the Brute are tracking down. It's on our world. Your makers gave it to us.
[VERGIL] My Makers left. They abandoned me. They abandoned all of us.
[JOHNSON] Vergil, we're running out of time. What are the Brutes digging up out there? What are they looking for?
[VERGIL] They're looking for the Ark. You know this already.
[JOHNSON] Why? What is so special about the Ark?
[VERGIL] They're going to activate Halo. They're going to finish what my Makers started.
[JOHNSON] If they fire Halo, they die too. They've been lied to.
[VERGIL] But we will remain.
[DARE] Is that the reason you're helping them? The reason you've helped them all along?
[VERGIL] Once Halo is activated we will go back to our homes. Perhaps our Makers will come back for us. We shall wait.
[JOHNSON] No one is coming back for you, son. The Forerunners died when they activated the Rings. You're all that's left of them.
[VERGIL] No. We are not. There are others.
[EXCERPT ENDS]
==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''
**''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach#2010 bonus content|Adjunct]]'' {{1st}}


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